Vinh Tuy street in Hanoi after a pandemic control checkpoint is removed (Photo: VNA)Speaking at a meeting with departments, sectors, districts,communes and wards on September 16, Vice Chairman of the People’s CommitteeNguyen Manh Quyen said that the capital city will not conduct large-scalelockdowns, but at the narrowest scale, to effectively control the pandemic.
The imposition of lockdowns will strictly followdirections of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Health, Quyen stated, addingthat the city will create all possible conditions to ensure the recovery of production and business activities andmake it easier for people's lives.
According to the official, as of September 16, the city had tested 85percent of its residents as planned, and vaccinated 93.18 percent of its populationaged 18 and above.
Quyen asked local authorities to devise plans to provide thesecond jabs in accordance with the recommended time frame for each type of vaccine, andhave lists of people to each vaccine so that the city can coordinate with theMinistry of Health to ensure vaccine supply.
The municipal Department of Health requested localities in "green zones" to closely control operations of restaurants and stationery businessfacilities to ensure pandemic prevention and control requirements.
The municipal Department of Public Security proposed thecity continue to issue travel permits and maintain checkpoints to ensure pandemicprevention and control./.
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